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\bar "|"
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e8_\markup{ \italic \magnify #0.7 \lower #1.8 "mother less" } [ d8 ] c4.
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b2
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TO SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR, UPON HEARING HIS
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e8_\markup{ \italic \magnify #0.7 \lower #1.8 "mother less" } [ d8 ] c4.
\bar "|"
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\bar "|"
b2
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Strange to a sensing motherhood,
Loved as a toy—not understood,
Child of a dusky father, bold;
Frail little captive, exiled, cold.
Loved as a toy—not understood,
Child of a dusky father, bold;
Frail little captive, exiled, cold.
Oft when the brooding planets sleep,
You through their drowsy empires creep,
Flinging your arms through their empty space,
Seeking the breast of an unknown face.
You through their drowsy empires creep,
Flinging your arms through their empty space,
Seeking the breast of an unknown face.